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A Logit Model of Farmers' Decisions About Credit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Faqir Singh Bagi
Faqir Singh Bagi*
Affiliation:
Department of Rural Development, Tennessee State University
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Most of the research in agricultural credit in the United States is related to large-scale commercial farming. A number of such studies have tried to estimate the demand for credit (Hesser and Schuh) and/or supply of credit (Melichar).

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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , December 1983 , pp. 13 - 19
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1983

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